Improvement in filters for wines, sirups



tenian %tatci JU'LI'UssrRAUss orl NEW YORK, N.4 Y.

Letters Patent No. 109,467, dated November' 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT lN FILTERS FOR WINES, '.SIRUPS, &c.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part -of4the same.

To all whom .it may concern Be it known that I, JULIUS STRAUSS, of thecity ot' New York, in the county and State ot New-York, have invented anew and improved Wine and Liquor Filter; andl do hereby declare that thefollowing is a-full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art toV make and use the same,l1'eferencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspecification. 'p

This invention rela-tes to improvements in filtering audlclarifyingwine, whisky, and other liquors, and filters therefor, and consists of'a cylindrical vessel, preferably made in two parts, `one considerablyshorter than the other, and having a perforated bottom with one or morenozzles projecting downward from it, into which-the l1oles` discharge,said parts connecting with the other,l which serves mainly as a stand,so as to'be readily disconnected, and the nozzles, having lfilteringbags or sacks attached for recept-ion ofthe wine, which, having poundedcharcoal' previously mixed with it, is poured into the upper vessel andallowed to percola-te through the sack, all as hereafter described.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of myimproved wine-filter, and

Figure 2 isa bottom view of the same.

A is theupper part, and B the lower part ot' the vessel, which may bemade of t-iu or any other sheet or cast metal. 'l

The part A fits into-the other snugly, and has a perforated bottom, B',on the lower side ot' which are the nozzles C, attached so that theholes lead into them, and they are.. enlarged toward the lower ends tofacilitate the holding of filtering sacks, E, which are to-be tied tothem, as shown, one to each.

Each sack is omposcd'of an inner cloth, a, of' inusli11, and an outerone, b, of linen, the muslin being .made considerably broader than.theotheiy and folded as shown in fig. 2.

The wine, whisky, or other liquors to be filtered, first, havinga'quantity of' finely pulverized' charcoal mixed with it,is poured -into'the part A-of the vessel, and allowed to percolate through the sacks tothe bottom of part B, from which it isdrawn away through the cock D. A

The. muslin sack, being ot a looser` texture than` the linen, and havingloose fibers hanging-orn the A may be plugged up, so that only onesackneedbe applied, but when large quant-ities `are to be filtered moresacks may be used.

This inode ot filtering is much more economical rn respect ofthe timeemployed than the'common mode,

which consist'sin'mixiug certain kinds of fish-bladderv ina desiceatedand pulvcrized state with the liquor, boiling or heating, and thenletting it stand from twelve to twenty-tour hours to settle, after whichit is drawn off above the settlings.

By this mode the liquor' may be drawn off as fast, or nearly so, .as ,itis poured in, and the substances. treated are ready for immediate use.

.Having thusdescribed my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As an improvedarticle 'of manufacture, the portable flteiyA B B C D E, havingsheet-metal case,

made in two parts, and detachably connected at the point below. thediaphragnyto which the nozzles are connected, to facilitate theremovalof the bags for cleaning and changing, all as described.

The above speciiicatiou of my invention signed by me this 23d dayofAugust, 1870.

' JULIUS STRAUSS.v i

Witnesses v Guo. WMlxi snn, T. B. Mosman.

